New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1872. Leather_bound. Two volumes. Large quarto. Picturesque America Or, The Land We Live In. A delineation by pen and pencil of the mountains, rivers, lakes, forests, water-fall, shores, canons, valleys, cities and other picturesque features of our country. Illustrations on Steel and Wood by eminent artist.Bound in full dark brown morocco gilt and blind tooling to covers and spine, raised bands, gilt title, all edges gilt, decorative marbled endpaper. More

London: Privately Printed, 1900s. Leather_bound. Seventeen volumes. Octavo. A plainand literal translation of the arabian nights entertainments now entituled the book of the ARABIAN NIGHTS THOUSAND NIGHTS AND A NIGHT. THE SUPPLEMENTAL NIGHTS. With introduction explanatory notes on the manners and custom of moslem men and a terminal essay uponthe history of the night. The Teheran Edition is limited to one thousand numbered set which this is number 327, printed by the Burton Club Title for private subcribers only (John Frederick Steinhaeuser), title pages red and black text, illustrated frontipiece to each volumes with tissue guard.Bound in three quarter dark green morocco with canvas green boards, spine gilt in to five compartments between raised banding second and fourth compartments of red inlaid of the quarter moon and star with mosaic floral gilt decorations, gilt titles, top edge gilt, green marbled endpaper, A Handsome set. More

London: Chapman and Hall, 1881. Leather_bound. Thirty volumes. Thick octavo. The Complete Works of Charles Dicken's. The Edition De Luxe is limited to one thousand copies which this is number 490. All plates richly illustrated with over 1000 plates on India paper, Christmas Carol is hand coloured. Volume one with autographed envelope signed by Dicken's addressed to his publisher also an autographed letter signed by John Forster (Dicken's closest friend and official biographer) the letter is to George Cattermole one of Dicken's illustrator.Bound in contemporary three quarter brown morocco gilt, raised bands, gilt title, all edges marble with endpaper. A magnificent set of Dicken's works. More

London: H.S. NIchols, 1859. Full leather. Eight volumes. Octavo. Celebrated Crimes. Translated by I.G. Burnham, illustrated with photogravures in two states, limited to one hundred copies which this is number seventeen. Bound in full tan polished calf, gilt floral decorations to spine, raised bands, maroon and brown gilt title labels, gilt turn-ins, decorative endpapers. More

London: 1923. Full leather. Five volumes. Octavo. Essay of Montaigne. Translated by Charles Cotton to which are added some account of the life of Montaigne, notes, a translation of all the letters known to be extant, and an enlarge index with portraits, edited by Willam Carew Hazlitt. Handsomely bound in full red morocco, covers with radiant green inlaid heraldic frame and gilt looping tendrils enclosing floral centerpiece decorations, triple gilt ruled line to corners, spine in six compartments with gilt decorations between raised banding, gilt titles, top edge gilt, marbled endpapers, gilt turn-ins. More

London: Leadenhall Press, 1891. Full leather. One volume. Large folio. Cosway Binding. Exquisitely bound in full dark olive levant morocco by Riviere and Sons with an overall pattern of ivy leaves and stems extending over the covers in gilt, with eight large rectangular insert Cosway Miniatures of the Street Cries by C.B. Currie, four on each covers, each insert behind glass, spine in seven compartments also tooled with the ivy leaf motif, lettered in the second and fourth, boards dentelles, the rear with Miss Currie's stamp at lower center, red morie silk doublures and endsheets, top edge gilt; the whole housed in a scralet morocco pull - off case by Riviere. Illustrated throughout. The miniatures are identified by a calligraphic guide sheet, also taken from the Cries of London. They include "Primoses"; Fresh-Shelled Peas", "Chairs to Mend", "Milk Maids", on the front cover. The rear bears "Mackerel", "Sweet China Oranges", "Scissors to Grind", "Carrots and Turnips". Each measure 4 1/8 x 3 1/2 inches. Miss. Currie was Caroline Billin Currie, a rather enigmatic figure about whom very little is known biographically. This is an early, unumbered example of her work, which extends from 1912 to about 1940. Not only an extraordinarily impressive binding, this work is also a delightful item relating to London Street Cries, a genre in its own right. More

Paris: Jean Boussod, Manzi, Joyant, 1899. Full leather. One volume. Quarto. Josèphine Impèratrice et Reine. Douze cents exemplaires sur papier vèlin des manufactures du marais mumèrotès a la presse 1200 no 560. Portrait illustrations. Bound in full green crushed morocco, heavy gilt decorations to covers and spine, raised bands, all edges gilt, marbled endpaper. (Text is in French). More

London: John Murray, 1872. Full leather. Nine volumes. Small octavo. History of Latin Christianity; Including that of the Popes to the Pontificate of Nicolas V. Bound in full tan calf, gilt decoration covers and spine, raised bands, green title labels, all edges gilt and marbled endpaper. More

Bath: S. Hazard, 1795. Full leather. two volumes. Octavo. The Koran, commonly called the Alcoran of Mohammed. Translated from the original arabic with explanatory notes, taken from the most approved commentators to which is prefixed a preliminary discourse. Illustrated with views of Temple of Mecca and diagram chart.Binding in full tan morocco, covers single rule gilt line, spine gilt motif decorations, green title label, raised bands, top edge gilt, leather turn-ins, marbled endpaper. More

Full leather. Three volumes. Large quarto. Picturesque Europe. A delineation by pen and pencil of the natural features and the picturesque and historical places of Great Britian and the continent. Illustrated on steel and wood by European and American artist. Bound in full dark brown morocco, blind and gilt tooling to covers and spine, gilt title, raised bands, all edges gilt. decorative marbled endpaper. More

London: The Groiler Society, 1900s. Full leather. Fifteen volumes. Octavo. Days Of The Dandies. The Edition Magnifique is limited to twenty-six copies which this is lettered S, each volumes contains hand-colored frontispiece and at least two additional plates and illustrated with over 75 plates throughout set with title tissue guard.Bound handsomely in a contemporary gray morocco, covers and spine with sixteen red tudor inlaid morocco and with gilt brown and green shade inlaid of scrolling foliations leaves and a central crest to front covers, top edges gilt, raised bands, gilt titles, inner covers of green and gray morocco surrounding gilt floral sprays, green silk doublures, housed in a slipcases. The Groiler Society's Days Of The Dandies. these entertaining biographies of notable 20th -century English authors and personalities include Peg Woffington, Colley Cibber, Lady Montagu, Laurence Sterne, Horace Walpoe, Beau Hash, Nanny Burney, Mrs. Jordan, and Captain Gronow. More

Philadelphia: The John C. Winston Company. Leather_bound. Two volumes. Octavo. The Story-Life of George Washington. A life history in five hundred true stories selected from original sources and fitted together in order by Wayne Whipple. Reproductions of paintings, engravings and manuscripts. Bound in three quarter red calf, gilt motif to spine, raised bands, marbled endpaper. More